This Opinion was prepared in response to a request of the Deputy Minister of Justice of Moldova received by ODIHR in December 2015. It reviews the revised Draft Amendments communicated to ODIHR in February 2016.

The present Preliminary Joint Opinion was prepared on the basis of contributions from rapporteurs of the Council of Europe's Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR experts following a request from the Acting Chairperson of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation, State Structures and Regulations of the Jogorku Kenesh (Parliament) of the Kyrgyz Republic received by OSCE/ODIHR in August 2016. The Venice Commission endorsed this opinion at its 108th Plenary Session on 14-15 October 2016.

This Opinion was prepared in response to a request from the Secretary of the International Affairs, Defence and Security Committee of the Mazhilis of Kazakhstan's Parliament received by ODIHR in September 2016.

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) co-operated with the Council of Europe's Venice Commission in preparing this Joint Opinion, which was adopted by the Venice Commission at its 108th Plenary Session on 14-15 October 2016.

This Opinion on the Draft Law on Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly of Armenia was prepared in response to a request from the Head of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs of the National Assembly of Armenia received by ODIHR in October 2016.